david -my pleasure! I never posted a poem before, though I've written billions. I'm going to post a favorite poem of mine soon, as soon as I get the patience to copy it over. As to the candle, i picked that picture because a candle represents many spiritual concepts, like my neshama, inspiration, an internal fire, holiness...and this poem is about taking one step -just a small flame -to rekindle the fire of my soul. Thanks for asking, you made me think deeper into my pic selection!

thanks so much all -I did write it myself! It's funny, cause I was going to write a post about it, but when I started writing, a poem came out. Now I'm tempted to write more and more poems, cause they're so much fun!